Anyone else found that your bubs ahve started waking at night?
MJ wakes at around 2am EVERY night now for a feed, sometimes if she doesnt make it, it is 12am AND 6am ahhhhh it was better when she was newborn. To start with i thought that maybe is was the one off, but it hs continued for more than a week now and she is genuinly hungry at that time.
I hope solid introduction will help, but i am not hopeful
Off to MG and Osteo today... will let you know how i go
Trina - dont know about the milk ducts and the injury, but if you find feeding painful or notice any blood go see a DR immediatly
I hope you are feeling better now, you must be so sore
Just a short one from me, need to feed DJ the rest of his milk before I can't give it to him anymore.
SJ - yeah DJ now waking at 4am every morning instead of his usual 5-6am feeding time. He is starting to like farex now, we can do 1 teaspoon, as long as I mix a little pureed apple or pear in it he will eat it. Good luck at osteo, let us know how it goes.
Trina - hope you are feeling better from the horse kicking you..... they are a bit unpredictable. I remember falling off a horse and hitting a tree when I was younger, and you know what it didn't stop me from going horseriding.... I love horseriding, well when I could. Now with bub, can never do it.... I don't own a horse so need to go somewhere for horseriding.
Jazz has started waking up lots during the night, but I think that's due to her cough. Last night I decided I'd be on baby duty even though I have work today. Figured it's better if I get up than Matt at the moment because he'll probably just make her even more sick at the moment. But she decided to get up at 12, then 1, then 4, then 6! I took a bottle of water in to her in the hopes that water would help stop the tickle in her throat. Tonight no matter what, I need Matt to deal with her. I'm totally wrecked this morning. Time for a coffee to charge me up so I can work.
We decided that I would teach her "mum mum" and Matt would teach her "dad dad" so she associates those words with the right person. I was doing lots of "mum mum mum" last night and she was trying to copy but it came out more of a "ummmmmm ummmmmmmm brrrrrr eeeeee" but then without making sounds she was trying to move her mouth the same way mine moves when I say mum. Last night when she was waking up she was calling "umm umm" almost as if she was trying to call "mum"
Dani they often learn to say dad first because mum's are usually at home saying dad will be home soon. Maybe when Matt has her more often during the week he'll be saying mum will be home soon so she'll learn to say mum first .
SJ I'm looking at baby led solids as well. With DS1 I did all the puree and stuff but he really didn't eat anything until he was 8 months so rather than I'll probably follow Paddy's lead.
Trina I hope you're feeling better. Paddy has just started waking at about midnight for the last couple of days.The other night he slept till 2 then up every hour after that . It's exhausting when you're used to sleeping till 6. I tried shoving the dummy in but felt really guilty when I heard his tummy grumble so he must really be hungry. Hopefully it's a growth spurt.
Skye I hope Jesse is feeling better. Their first sore throat must be very confusing for them.
I'm confused, when you are all talking about baby led solids, are you talking about actual food that needs to be chewed or pureed food? I thought pureed was "solids" I didn't think it was good to give proper food to babies this age (then again, I don't know when to give proper food).
Danni - if you read the link it explains how pureed foods were originally introduced at 3 months, then 4 months. By 6 months when they recommend introducing solids now, babies should be past the pureed food stage & onto more finger foods.
It's supposed to help them be less fussy as they suggest babies who are on purees from 6 months wait too long to start chewing foods & therefore when they are older prefer foods that don't require chewing.
Not sure about that part of it, but it is true that when I started the girls at 4 months they were on purees & eating toast & stuff at about 6 months. Even baby foods at 6 months used to be a bit lumpier than they are now.
trina - how are you today? hope you're not too sore. xoxoxo
i think i'll just let feeding run it's course. he seems happy enough eating pureed food, and we've had potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, tofu, tomato, and rice cereal so far. when i get back im going to try lumpier food.
yes, poopy's waking up 4,5am for the last couple of weeks, plus him rolling in his sleep is driving me crazy. i woke up at 1.45am and saw him sleeping on his tummy and was checking on his every so often. he's fine, cos he has his cheek against the mattress but im just paranoid. im going to put him in his sleeping bag when we get back so i wont worry about him getting tangled in his wrap.
im teaching Lakshman to say 'amma' which is tamil for mummy. and steve hasnt decided if he wants to be daddy or 'appa'(tamil for daddy) so i jokingly call him appa. the other day, steve was talking to lakshman on the phone, and as usual he has a big smile then proceeds to eat the phone. i hung up and picked lakshman up and he said 'Appa'!! i was really surprised, i repeated 'appa' and he giggled.
so there, he said daddy first. hehe. but when he's upset, he cries and goes 'ummmmaaaa' i hope he's calling for me!!
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. It's exhausting when you're used to sleeping till 6. I tried shoving the dummy in but felt really guilty when I heard his tummy grumble so he must really be hungry. Hopefully it's a growth spurt.
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